Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Sioux Falls → Atlanta via Dallas-Fort Worth: arrives on time 35%

  1. 13:16 FSD → 15:35 DFW
    AA 2872 · American · 2h 22m · 62% on time, 1.2% cancelled
  2. 53m layover in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:28 DFW → 19:35 ATL
    AA 2403 · American · 2h 05m · 66% on time, 4.7% cancelled

Total trip 5h 17m, scheduled departure to arrival (Atlanta is 1 h ahead of Sioux Falls). Times are local. Both flew on 0 of the last 56 days, too few to list among the best connections.

Makes the connection56%The first flight arrived more than 8 minutes late on 44% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 53m layover.
Arrives on time35%First flight not cancelled (1.2% are) × connection made (56%) × second flight not cancelled (4.7% are) and within 15 minutes (66%).
Total trip5h 17mFSD 13:16 to ATL 19:35, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.